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NLM3386: Roman Brooch fragment

Rights Holder: North Lincolnshire Museum
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BROOCH

Unique ID: NLM3386

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published Find published

ribbed pattern

Notes:

Checked following Sophie Catley. Image added. Dating completed (unamended). Drawing ref. added.

Class: bow brooch
Sub class: dolphin type

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: ROMAN
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: AD 43
Date to: AD 150

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 40.7 mm
Width: 12.6 mm
Thickness: 4.6 mm
Weight: 5.99 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 24th June 2000

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: NLM3683

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Decoration style: Linear
Completeness: Fragment

Spatial metadata

Region: East Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: East Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Horncastle

Spatial coordinates


Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Operations to a depth greater than 0.25m

References cited

Author Publication Year Title Publication Place Publisher Pages Reference
Hattatt, R. 1989 Ancient Brooches and Other Artefacts: A fourth selection of brooches together with some other antiquities from the author Oxford Oxbow Books 299/889

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Audit data

Recording Institution: NLM
Created: 23 years ago
Updated: 6 years ago

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